I love how apparently guys don't have or need secret emotional lives. Like they are creatures without emotion. Just walking machines which eat and sometimes smell.
Unrelated to the current discussion, but someone described Sam's arc in this season of SPooN as him being a Scary Buddhist Robot because he's repressing all his emotions, and I thought of you.
If anything, guys' emotional lives are MORE secret, because they are REALLY not encouraged to share.
I think it is possible (though no studies to back me up or anything) that women tend to be more often be social people, and I think the typical female / female relationship is one more open to sharing books
Yeah, totally agree, though I think it's a specific kind of being social, the kind where you seek out someone else's opinion instead of imposing your own. I'm pretty sure studies have shown that women tend to do this more often than guys, which means that more women readers are social ones.
books tend to be about emotions
Meh, I think that's a big overgeneralization (though I do think the best books must address them).
I think TWilight has such appeal because it speaks to a small personal fantasy shared by millions of angsty teenagers of all genders: Some hot, powerful, mysterious person will realize how cool I am and then we will proceed to have an epic and dramatic love affair which no one understands but we know in our hearts to be the epitome of love. *swoon*
::coughcough::TARGET AUDIENCE::coughcough:: :D
Seriously, though, I think you're totally right.
Also, I LOVED Katherine, Called Birdy.
I know! I haven't read it in forever, but I still remember it being awesome.
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Date: 2009-05-05 03:22 pm (UTC)Unrelated to the current discussion, but someone described Sam's arc in this season of SPooN as him being a Scary Buddhist Robot because he's repressing all his emotions, and I thought of you.
If anything, guys' emotional lives are MORE secret, because they are REALLY not encouraged to share.
I think it is possible (though no studies to back me up or anything) that women tend to be more often be social people, and I think the typical female / female relationship is one more open to sharing books
Yeah, totally agree, though I think it's a specific kind of being social, the kind where you seek out someone else's opinion instead of imposing your own. I'm pretty sure studies have shown that women tend to do this more often than guys, which means that more women readers are social ones.
books tend to be about emotions
Meh, I think that's a big overgeneralization (though I do think the best books must address them).
I think TWilight has such appeal because it speaks to a small personal fantasy shared by millions of angsty teenagers of all genders: Some hot, powerful, mysterious person will realize how cool I am and then we will proceed to have an epic and dramatic love affair which no one understands but we know in our hearts to be the epitome of love. *swoon*
::coughcough::TARGET AUDIENCE::coughcough:: :D
Seriously, though, I think you're totally right.
Also, I LOVED Katherine, Called Birdy.
I know! I haven't read it in forever, but I still remember it being awesome.